The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1887-03-06
coULISSE CHAT.

Nine Rhca makes her farewell bow to America
on April 2 In Chicago.
scalchi the celebrated conirnlto. has given her
house IN Turin to the city as a hospital for the
poor.
Mr.. j. &. Dun goes abroad next month IN |
search of operate novelties for his trio of fair
singers.
The receipts for the thirteen weeks Of the Wild
West Show at the Madison square Garden nre |
placed Mt the high figure Of sl6S.37s.25.
Ne. R9wers s!ndSnE shn vii ahe ns G1 %
the tragedy In the carly part OF the season.
The first score of Vcrtli's "Othcllo'' has arrived
In New York from Milan. II was addressed TO
Nine Fursch-Medi, with the composers compli- |
ments.
Mr.. Wilson Barrett says he Is always very ner- |
until he can hcnr thesweat- pattcr from his
fucc like rain.
Preparations, are nlrcsdy M on foot for the pre-;
way at least, will be remarkable.
Fin MeCool' still holds the boards at the
Hollls-street Theatre. In Boston. NJ. boucicault
York In April, where II will be seen at the Star.
BERTHE Crawford who has made some strides in
comic opera In recent years, will be the prinn
on m enNo tns, VII pay m
Beilevilie."
Mrs. Langtry has decided to spend the summer
W viii aH not return TO" TO New York until next fall
Gcnevicve Ward has perfected arrangements to
rcappear in New York, a season at the Windsor
having been arranged Tor.
Eugene Garfield will leave the Bunch OF
Keys" Company Mt the close of the season, hay
nr been engaged by chaTss HSyt to ply the
way has been secured to replace Mr.. Garfield ns
Grimes In the Bunch OF Keys"
Nine. Jenny Lind-Godschmidt is now white.
haired and has II rather severe expression OF
l
that she "bemoans tho days when she was 80 sin
fulas TO appear on the stage" or that sho sneers
ut all young singers with whom she comes In con-
tact.
Mnudc Fortcseue will close her season In this
country In the West within u couple Of weeks.
and will leave for England March 10. On March
| 2s she Will begin season Of nine weeks In the
/ English provinces. Miss FOrtcscue nughngly
| Marcus Mayer.
! Helen Hastings. the English actress who I'M
dcrtOok u season ut Union Square Theatre aud
! failed because there were dozens OF actresses OF
/ native birth and hundreds OF better plays than
| hers, has returned to England. probably with the
conviction. that Americans do not appreciate
beauty and talent.
field presenting the "parisian Romance during
his stay. at the Union Square Theatre Prince
Karl" hoWoyer, Is so well likei that he VII IN
all probability remain IN possession. Mr.. Mans
field contomplntcs summer season at the Mndi-
son Square Theatre.
new summer theatre, to be known as the
Asbury Park. and will be opened In June. Tho
seating capacity will be l,i6O. the house will be
lighted by electricity and ventilated by electric
fans. John T.. McDoiough, treasurer or Miners
Newark Theatre, will BE- The manager.
A cable despatch announces the successful
production OF suppe's new comic opera, "jieil.
man. mt Vienna, after the cxcisioL of sarcastic
illusions TO Russia, with which tho librctto
bristled. Messrs. Conreld Il Herman, of thlscty
which may first be In German, though this has
not yet been decided upon. II Will certainly le
produced here In some form ncxt season.
Mr.. q. W. smalley, writing from London 10 the
OF Hamlet on Ash Wednesday evening drew u
large and distinguished audience 10 the Uirbecl,
Institute, far from the West End Those present
heard, probably for the iirst time, tho speeches
OF all the characters OF the play read by real